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siracusa

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Programmer, tech writer, and co-host of Accidental Tech Podcast, Reconcilable Differences, and Robot or Not.

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kru5ty, to random
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@siracusa did you get the iPad Pro with cellular? I’ve been debating whether it’s worth it. It adds $350 to the price down under.

siracusa,
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@kru5ty I didn’t.

josedante, to random
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@atpfm @siracusa
What if I still want the ads? Will there be an Overtime only RSS Feed?

siracusa,
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@josedante No, but there’s a chapter marker so you can jump right to it in the members feed.

stevenodb, to random
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@siracusa You didn’t waffle about a possible 13” iPad for your TV watching? It got considerably lighter and the screen is so much less crammed for video. I’ve been going back and forth for days now. The only thing stopping me is finer table reading of news on the web and the hunungus price increase. @atpfm

siracusa,
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@stevenodb I have the 11” propped up close to my face, so it already pretty much fills my field of view. Also, the 13” is more expensive!

dmoren, to random
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Absolutely delighted (should I say chuffed?) to be the first guest on the new @relay show, Paper Places, hosted by Kerry Provenzano. Kerry and I talk about writing, editing manuscriprs, the mystery of the first advance, and more! https://www.relay.fm/paperplaces/1

siracusa,
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@dmoren You did say “keen” on the episode…

MaxLaves, to random German
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@atpfm ML scientist here: The Neural Engine has always been fp16 only. When you can use it, it delivers incredible performance at very low power needs. However, there‘s no public API to program it. You are restricted to using CoreML, which cannot be used to develop and train models directly (You need PyTorch etc). However, model conversion fails more often than not, because CoreML lacks support for many layer ops. I have high hopes for MLX.

siracusa,
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@MaxLaves So what do you think about the M4 neural engine’s supposed 38 trillion operations per second compared to 18 trillion in the M3? Does that seem plausible without some shenanigans in how those numbers are determined?

adameccles, to random
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@atpfm hey I think the non-bootleg member release episode this week is somehow mixed up with the bootleg version? The audio levels are weird and there’s overlaps and things that probably meant to be cut.
Just fyi. I’m not angry or anything 😂

siracusa,
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@adameccles How long is your normal members version? Mine is 2:36:07 which is about 15 minutes shorter than the bootleg.

siracusa,
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@adameccles Try deleting and re-downloading? If that fails, maybe check the feed URL?

heygabe, to random
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@siracusa Do you mess with Clipboard history? I really like the way Windows has implemented it. [Win]+[v] gives you a popup at your cursor where you can pick from previous things put into the paste buffer. What are the cool kids using to emulate this in MacOS?

siracusa,
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@heygabe I use https://tapbots.com/pastebot/

chadgeidel, to random
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@siracusa I’m sure you’ve heard this already but in German the “w” is pronounced similarly to the English “v.” So “Weissach” sounds a bit like “Veisack” https://youtu.be/vrtZRXVmMi4

siracusa,
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@chadgeidel I think I got it eventually.

abhibeckert, to random
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@atpfm Apple just announced the thinnest iPad ever made and my iPad just cracked from being slightly bent in my bag. My last iPad died the same way. I’m not rough with them at all - my MacBook Air was in the same bag both times.

AskATP: Does anyone sell a rugged iPad case that adds rigidity? Silicone/etc is effectively zero protection. I’m thinking carbon fibre would be best.

siracusa,
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@abhibeckert Maybe a Pelican case like this, but an iPad version? https://amzn.to/3UVhLDa

rickplayswarr, to random
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@siracusa I have found an app on my Mac that shows active in the dock and running goes not show in SwitchGlass. It is my gain Raid Shadow Legends as shown. M2 MacBook Pro. 64 gigs ram

siracusa,
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@rickplayswarr Is it a Mac game or an iPad game?

siracusa,
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@rickplayswarr I can't reproduce this. See the attached screenshot showing Raid: Shadow Legends appearing in SwitchGlass. Do you have that app in your Exclude list?

RecDiffs, to random
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234: The Bulgarian Punching Channel https://relay.fm/rd/234

siracusa,
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@felix_t_fois Yep, I remember that one.

pberry, to random
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@atpfm repping the pod in Florence while learning to make real pasta

siracusa,
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@pberry 😙👌

waynedixon, to random
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@siracusa regarding AppleCare+ after the two years, you will be able to get monthly AppleCare+ after the fact. I've done that with my iPads when two years of AppleCare+ is done.

siracusa,
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@waynedixon Did you buy those iPads with an educational discount?

maxleibman, to random
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@atpfm, ATP Overtime was the perfect incentive to get at least one new subscriber (me). Week after week, you’ve picked topics I REALLY wanted to hear. Finally caved and went back to the first to start catching up on them (wish there was an Overtime-only feed! Thank goodness there are chapters, at least). Worth the $8 so far.

siracusa,
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@maxleibman Thank you! 🙏

bobdel, to random
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@siracusa besides the M4, are the iPad Pro subsystems and thermal envelope such that it really could run macOS as well as the fanless Macs?

siracusa,
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@bobdel Yes.

siracusa, to random
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If only, Kevin. If only…

video/mp4

siracusa,
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@Richard2001 I’m pretty sure I’ve heard at least some of that one.

imyke, to random
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😍

https://www.instagram.com/p/C6rI5sQimSU/?igsh=MWZ6cmxsYnRsNGhqZw==

siracusa,
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@imyke Ternus fever! https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-08/apple-s-next-ceo-list-of-aapl-insiders-who-could-succeed-tim-cook

siracusa, to random
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[BINNING INTENSIFIES]

siracusa,
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@pl I think it is compatible.

siracusa,
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@morphorod Understand what one?

siracusa,
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@cdenesha No disabled RAM. I’m using the term more broadly, encompassing both silicon binning and Apple’s typical upsells based on artificial configuration limits.

siracusa,
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@morphorod It’s a fancy matte screen made by etching the glass.

siracusa, to random
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Someone at Apple has been watching the hydraulic press channel on YouTube.

siracusa,
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@Richard2001 It’s reached me.

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